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From: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN NAVAL FIGHTING SHIPS, James L. Mooney, ed., Naval Historical Center, Department of the Navy, Washington
SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-49)
Length Overall: 684'
Extreme Beam: 106'"
Normal Displacement: Tons:43,200
Mean Draft: 33'4"
Designed Complement: 1351
Armament
Main:
(12) 16"/50
Secondary:
(16) 6"/53
(6) 3"/50 AA
Torpedo Tubes: (2) 21" submerged
Armor : Belt: 13 1/2"
Turrets: 18"
Deck:
2nd (armor) deck: 3 1/2"
3rd (splinter) deck: 1 1/4"
Conning Tower: 16"
Designed Speed: 23
Designed Shaft Horsepower: 60,000
Engines: Manufacturer: Westinghouse
Type: Turbine, electric drive
Screws: 4
SOUTH DAKOTA (BB-49) was laid down on 15 March 1920 by the New
York Navy Yard. Although she was to be the name ship of a new
class of six 43,200-ton battleships, her construction was
suspended on 8 February 192 in accordance with the provisions of the Washington Treaty limiting naval construction. Her unfinished hull, 38.5% completed, was sold on 25 October 1923 for scrapping on the slipway to Steel Scrap Corp. of Philadelphia, Pa.; and her name was struck from the Navy list on 10 November 1923. Her scrapping was reported completed on 15 November 1923.
